Liability for Gun Makers

Making gun manufacturers pay for the intentional lethality of their products will require monumental, if not miraculous, effort on the part of our lawmakers.

The insurance industry might have the only lobbying machine that’s more powerful than the National Rifle Association, and it could help get every conceivable gun control measure passed, including full registration, background checks and the repeal of the gun makers shield law.

A proposal for a federal law requiring liability insurance on every one of the approximately 300 million guns in this country could unleash an insurance industry lobbying effort in Congress that could crush the N.R.A.’s intimidation and fear-mongering.